Word of the Day: CLEAN
Word of the Day: CLEAN I’ve done this one before, but I am thinking these days about the Beatitudes, whose…
Equality, You Say?
When I was a senior at Princeton, somebody knocked on my door, peddling a petition. He wanted me to sign…
Word of the Day: LEARN
Word of the Day: LEARN I am reading an excellent new book, The Decay of Truth in Education, by Kevin…
Different World Alert
I’ve been placing books on new shelves we’ve just put up, and came across a handsomely bound monograph, a doctoral…
That unforgettable Ash Wednesday photo
by Phil Lawler
A week later, the image is still clearly etched in my mind. In the aftermath of the Florida school shootings,…
Will we sacrifice Marines to advance feminist standards?
Americans today—in sharp contrast with their behavior during the years of the Vietnam war—show great respect, bordering on reverence, for…
Word of the Day: PIOUS
Word of the Day: PIOUS As I said the other day, we’re now beginning to read Virgil’s Aeneid, in the…
Word of the Day: DUST
Word of the Day: DUST An hour late, I know, but a good word for the whole season. “Remember, man,…
The blessing and the curse
Today at Mass we heard the famous challenge that God set before the people of Israel, from the Book of…
What does it mean to ‘restore culture’?
[What follows is an address delivered on February 2 by Professor Anthony Esolen, at a gathering for supporters of the…
